Patents by Inventor Andrew Sharp

Andrew Sharp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190342402
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, via a social networking system, a request from a user to participate in a discovery service designed to facilitate connections between users of the social networking system who share common attributes, (2) obtaining, from the user, data representative of at least one desired user attribute, possessed by the user, for new user connections, (3) identifying, within the social networking system, at least one additional user who is both a participant in the discovery service and who also possesses the desired user attribute, and (4) providing a visual indication to the user, when representing the additional user within a user interface of the social networking system, that the additional user is a participant in the discovery service and that the additional user possesses the desired user attribute. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Nathan Andrew Sharp
  • Patent number: 10457674
    Abstract: The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of kinase activity, in particular PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Niall Andrew Anderson, Nicholas Paul Barton, Sebastien Andre Campos, Edward Paul Cannons, Anthony William James Cooper, Kenneth David Down, Kevin James Doyle, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Graham George Adam Inglis, Armelle Le Gall, Vipulkumar Kantibhai Patel, Simon Peace, Andrew Sharpe, Gemma Victoria White
  • Publication number: 20190251640
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include determining that a user of a social networking system is (1) a participant in a dating service of the social networking system, and (2) a member of an interest-based community of the social networking system that includes an activated community-based dating feature. The method may further include receiving a request from the user for access to the community-based dating feature, and providing, in response to receiving the request, the user with access to the community-based dating feature by (1) identifying at least one additional member of the interest-based community who is an additional participant in the dating service, and (2) presenting dating information associated with the additional member of the interest-based community within a dating interface of the social networking system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan Andrew Sharp, Qiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10331750
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to provide a first element in an interface presentable to a user through which a plurality of ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user for a selected period of time. A second element in the interface through which a plurality of non-ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Choi, Nathan Andrew Sharp, William Samuel Bailey, Ashoke K. Chakrabarti, Joshua Barton Dickens, Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet
  • Patent number: 10214509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aminoindazolyl derivative compounds of Formula (I), the use of said compounds in treating diseases mediated by modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels in particular Nav1.7 AND to compositions containing said derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: James Duffy, Mark Stuart Chambers, Alastair Rae, James Osborne, Isabelle Anne Lemasson, Michael Daniel Goldsmith, Andrew Sharpe, Silvia Fonquerna Pou
  • Patent number: 10161803
    Abstract: An infrared detector useful in, e.g., infrared cameras, includes a substrate having an array of infrared detectors and a readout integrated circuit interconnected with the array disposed on an upper surface thereof, for one or more embodiments. A generally planar window is spaced above the array, the window being substantially transparent to infrared light. A mesa is bonded to the window. The mesa has closed marginal side walls disposed between an outer periphery of a lower surface of the window and an outer periphery of the upper surface of the substrate and defines a closed cavity between the window and the array that encloses the array. A solder seal bonds the mesa to the substrate so as to seal the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Carlson, Alex Matson, Andrew Sharpe, Davey Beard, Paul Schweikert, Robert Simes
  • Publication number: 20180353190
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, ore described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian William McKinnon, Jeffrey Andrew Sharp, Katherine S. Anderson, Christopher F. Scifert, Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Scott Kennedy Laster
  • Patent number: 10130619
    Abstract: The present invention is related to amino thiazole derivatives of Formula (I), pharmaceutical composition thereof and to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders or conditions related to Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH Oxidase).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: GENKYOTEX SUISSE SA
    Inventors: Peter Machin, Andrew Sharpe, Christopher James Lock, Mark S. Chambers, Alastair Hodges, Vivienne Allen, John M. Ellard
  • Publication number: 20180303492
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian William McKinnon, Jeffrey Andrew Sharp, Katherine S. Anderson, Christopher F. Scifert, Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Scott Kennedy Laster
  • Publication number: 20180261712
    Abstract: A photon detection device and method of fabricating a photon detection device are provided. The photon detection device comprises a first input terminal for receiving a DC input voltage, a second input terminal for receiving an AC input voltage and a bias tee connected to the first and second input terminals and configured to combine the AC and DC input voltages to form a combined voltage on an output of the bias tee. A first single photon detector is connected to the output of the bias tee and configured to receive the combined voltage from the bias tee, register a detection signal based on only a single photon being incident on the first single photon detector and output the detection signal indicative of the detected photon. A first output terminal is connected to an output of the first single photon detector for outputting the detection signal. The photon detection device is formed in a single integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Zakaria Moktadir, Andrew Sharpe, Andrew James Shields
  • Patent number: 10035445
    Abstract: A hub and suspension assembly for tow dolly and car hauler trailer with drop-down capability comprises: a suspension tower, a screw, a chuck, a lug member, an upper threaded block, a spring, a lower non-threaded block, an axle, and a hub. The tow dolly comprises: a plurality of frame members, a first and a second hub and suspension assembly for tow dolly and car hauler trailer with drop-down capability, and a first and a second wheel and tire assembly. Car hauler trailer comprises: a plurality of frame members; a first, second, third, and fourth hub and suspension assembly for a tow dolly and a car hauler trailer with drop-down capability; and a first, second, third, and fourth wheel and tire assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Sharp
  • Publication number: 20180172065
    Abstract: A ball-and-socket joint module (26) affixed to a mirror head (14) provides for adjusting a position of a mirror (16). The module includes a multicomponent ball assembly (86) that has an internally mounted spring (82). The spring presses two components (34, 72) of the ball assembly away from each other so that opposing surfaces (32, 70) of the ball assembly confront corresponding surfaces (62, 64) of a multicomponent socket assembly (90) when the ball assembly is nested within the socket assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Electronic Controls Company
    Inventors: David Stewart, Andrew Sharp
  • Patent number: 9943317
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, are described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson, Brian William McKinnon, Jeffrey Andrew Sharp, Katherine S. Anderson, Christopher F. Scifert, Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Scott Kennedy Laster
  • Patent number: 9931323
    Abstract: Cyclic ether pyrazol-4-yl-heterocyclyl-carboxamide compounds of Formula I, including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R2 is a cyclic ether and X is thiazolyl, pyrazinyl, pyridinyl, or pyrimidinyl, are useful for inhibiting Pim kinase, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by Pim kinase. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Burch, Minghua Sun, Xiaojing Wang, Wesley Blackaby, Alastair James Hodges, Andrew Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20180056838
    Abstract: Hub and suspension assembly for tow dolly and car hauler trailer with drop-down capability comprises: a suspension tower, a screw, a chuck, a lug member, an upper threaded block, a spring, a lower non-threaded block, an axle, and a hub. Tow dolly comprises: a plurality of frame members, a first and second hub and suspension assembly for tow dolly and car hauler trailer with drop-down capability, and a first and second wheel and tire assembly. Car hauler trailer comprises: a plurality of frame members; a first, second, third, and fourth hub and suspension assembly for tow dolly and car hauler trailer with drop-down capability; and a first, second, third, and fourth wheel and tire assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Sharp
  • Publication number: 20180032515
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to provide a first element in an interface presentable to a user through which a plurality of ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user for a selected period of time. A second element in the interface through which a plurality of non-ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Christine Choi, Nathan Andrew Sharp, William Samuel Bailey, Ashoke K. Chakrabarti, Joshua Barton Dickens, Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet
  • Publication number: 20180034818
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to provide a first element in an interface presentable to a user through which a plurality of ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user for a selected period of time. A second element in the interface through which a plurality of non-ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Christine Choi, Nathan Andrew Sharp, William Samuel Bailey, Ashoke K. Chakrabarti, Joshua Barton Dickens, Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet
  • Publication number: 20180032212
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to provide a first element in an interface presentable to a user through which a plurality of ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user for a selected period of time. A second element in the interface through which a plurality of non-ephemeral media content items are accessible by the user is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Christine Choi, Nathan Andrew Sharp, William Samuel Bailey, Ashoke K. Chakrabarti, Joshua Barton Dickens, Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet
  • Patent number: D820301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Choi, Nathan Andrew Sharp, William Samuel Bailey, Ashoke K. Chakrabarti, Joshua Barton Dickens, Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet
  • Patent number: D820302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Choi, Nathan Andrew Sharp, William Samuel Bailey, Ashoke K. Chakrabarti, Joshua Barton Dickens, Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet